Harper took a pay cut of $1.5 million this year as part of the deal
(from $5.35 million to $3.85 million). But it was a win-win now that he
gets almost all of the money up front and doesn't have to worry about
being released as a cost-saving measure.

Harper received a signing bonus of $2.91 million, plus a base salary
of $840,000 in 2013. He also kept his $100,000 workout bonus.

Harper's 2014 base salary will drop from $6 million to $2.35 million,
with another $800,000 in bonuses. His cap number will drop from $7.9
million in 2014 to $5.87 million. This will help the Saints a little bit as they were to carry nearly the league's highest cap
cost with $145.5 million committed for 2014 before Harper's restructured deal.

Harper's 2015 base salary will
be $2.7 million that year, with another $800,000 in bonuses and a cap
figure of $4.47 million.